Global Patent Index - EP 1087017 A3

EP 1087017 A3 20011128 - The cytoplasmic inhibition of gene expression

Title (en)

The cytoplasmic inhibition of gene expression

Title (de)

Cytoplasmatische Inhibition des Genexpression

Title (fr)

Inhibition cytoplastique de l'expression génique

Publication

EP 1087017 A3 20011128 (EN)

Application

EP 00127988 A 19950526

Priority

  • EP 95921458 A 19950526
  • US 26054694 A 19940616

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9534668A2] One aspect of the invention is to provide novel genetic constructions for the expression of inhibitory RNA in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells. The inhibitory RNA may be an anti-sense RNA or a co-suppressor RNA. The genetic constructions of the invention are capable of replicating in the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell and comprise a promoter region in functional combination with an encoding polynucleotide. The genetic constructions may be designed so as to replicate in the cytoplasm of plant cells, yeast cells, and mammalian cells. When the eukaryotic cell of interest is a plant cell, the genetic construction is preferably derived from a plant RNA virus. Plant RNA virus derived genetic constructions may employ a plant virus subgenomic promoter, including subgenomic promoters from tobamoviruses in functional combination with the RNA encoding region. Another aspect of the invention is to provide cells comprising the genetic constructions of the invention and organism comprising a plurality of such cells. Another aspect of the invention is to provide methods of reducing the expression of a gene of interest in eukaryotic cells, i.e., methods of producing eukaryotic cells exhibiting reduced levels of expression of a gene of interest. The methods of the invention comprise the step of transfecting a cell with a genetic construction of the invention in which the RNA encoding region is specific for the gene of interest. Another aspect of the invention is to provide plant cells that produce elevated levels of the carotenoid phytoene. The elevated levels of phytoene are achieved by inhibiting the expression at the enzyme phytoene desaturase using the vectors of the invention.

IPC 1-7

C12N 15/83; C12N 15/82; C12N 5/10; A01H 5/00

IPC 8 full level

A01H 5/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/08 (2006.01); C07K 14/095 (2006.01); C07K 14/415 (2006.01); C07K 14/705 (2006.01); C12N 1/19 (2006.01); C12N 5/10 (2006.01); C12N 9/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/02 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12N 9/14 (2006.01); C12N 9/16 (2006.01); C12N 9/18 (2006.01); C12N 9/20 (2006.01); C12N 9/24 (2006.01); C12N 9/72 (2006.01); C12N 9/78 (2006.01); C12N 9/84 (2006.01); C12N 15/09 (2006.01); C12N 15/113 (2010.01); C12N 15/12 (2006.01); C12N 15/40 (2006.01); C12N 15/53 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 15/83 (2006.01); C12N 15/86 (2006.01); C12P 21/04 (2006.01); C12P 41/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

C07K 14/005 (2013.01 - EP US); C07K 14/415 (2013.01 - EP US); C07K 14/70571 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 9/00 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 9/0059 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 9/0071 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 9/0083 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 9/1074 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 9/1085 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 9/14 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 9/16 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 9/18 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 9/20 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 9/6459 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 9/78 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 9/84 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 15/1137 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 15/8203 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 15/8216 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 15/8218 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 15/8249 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 15/825 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 15/8289 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 15/86 (2013.01 - EP US); C12P 41/003 (2013.01 - EP US); C12Y 114/18001 (2013.01 - EP US); C12Y 302/01031 (2013.01 - EP US); C12Y 304/21069 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 2710/22043 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 2710/22062 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 2750/12043 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 2770/00022 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 2770/00043 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 2770/00051 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 2770/32643 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 2770/32662 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 2770/32722 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 2770/32743 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 2770/32762 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 2770/36143 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 2770/36162 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 2799/021 (2013.01 - EP US); C12N 2810/609 (2013.01 - EP US); G01N 2333/4353 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

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Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9534668 A2 19951221; WO 9534668 A3 19960201; AT E221574 T1 20020815; AT E303446 T1 20050915; AU 2653495 A 19960105; AU 710588 B2 19990923; CA 2193094 A1 19951221; CA 2193094 C 20020716; DE 69527654 D1 20020905; DE 69527654 T2 20030403; DE 69534421 D1 20051006; DE 69534421 T2 20060629; EP 0804600 A1 19971105; EP 0804600 B1 20020731; EP 1087017 A2 20010328; EP 1087017 A3 20011128; EP 1087017 B1 20050831; ES 2180641 T3 20030216; ES 2246210 T3 20060216; IL 113955 A0 19950831; JP H10501968 A 19980224; MX 9606476 A 19970531; US 2001006797 A1 20010705; US 2002155605 A1 20021024; US 2003219897 A9 20031127; US 2004142477 A1 20040722; US 2005204422 A1 20050915; US 5922602 A 19990713; US 6376752 B1 20020423; US 6479291 B2 20021112; US 6720183 B2 20040413; ZA 954451 B 19960205

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9506741 W 19950526; AT 00127988 T 19950526; AT 95921458 T 19950526; AU 2653495 A 19950526; CA 2193094 A 19950526; DE 69527654 T 19950526; DE 69534421 T 19950526; EP 00127988 A 19950526; EP 95921458 A 19950526; ES 00127988 T 19950526; ES 95921458 T 19950526; IL 11395595 A 19950531; JP 50220896 A 19950526; MX 9606476 A 19950526; US 10345002 A 20020320; US 12917005 A 20050513; US 26054694 A 19940616; US 26557699 A 19990309; US 43606899 A 19991108; US 77360104 A 20040206; ZA 954451 A 19950531